The most logical horror film I know. (Beware, behind you : BIG SPOILERS !!!!)

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2004)

I really liked "28 days later". For the first time in an horror movie I believe in the characters. usually, there are always people chased by the villain who take the wrong way, react the most silly way and finally.. get killed (or get saved by another hero without explanations).
In this film, the characters seemed "real" to me. They act and react like you and me could act and react in those kind of situation. There is no big hero, there are humans afraid and fighting for there lives.
When the two young heroes meet the father and his daughter, a kind of family link is created. I found this part very sweet in this horror mood, together they are able to face their destiny.
But the arrival in this army camp destructs this feeling of "together we are stronger" because, unfortunately, the soldiers are really human too ! They want to have fun, they need to rape the two poor girls. And Even though it is unforgivable, this is terribly understandable ! They are men. They are alone. They have no future. They deserve to die. But...
The moment when I stop following the hero, Jim, is when he kills all the soldiers one by one. The first murders are forgivable : he wants to save the girls. But the last one he kills, he kills him like if he were a zombie himself. I was thinking : okay, the message is, whatever you are infected or not, when you are a killer, when you get used to blood, you're not a human any more.
But I guess I was wrong, because of the romantic and happy end... Jim is shown like a regular nice man, the hero of the movie. And that is weird because, for me, He crossed the line : he became too much violent, a part inside him is "zombie" for ever...
But, even if the end is going a little too far for me, I really enjoyed this movie.
Thank you for reading me, sorry for the English mistakes I could have done.